Ok- so I'm trying (yet again) to install Debian on my 505 from a 2.1
(Slink) CD, and yet again, the process is failing.
I suppose my first question should be: has anyone actually done this? I
hvae read various accounts on the web of Debian installs on the 505, but
they all seem to be either floppy based or dependent on a windows
partition. So, again: has anyone actually installed from the CD?
Here is what I did and where I ran into problems:
1) at the lilo "boot:" prompt, I type "linux ide2=0x180,0x386" as per the
instructions on joe chiu's page (which sufficed for RH.)
2) The system boots normally into the System Installation. At this point,
I configure the keyboard, initialize a swap partition, and partition and
mount the HD normally.
3) This brings me to the "Next: Install Operating System Kernel and
Modules" step. I select this, which brings up the "Verify Filesystem
Choice?" menu, which I do. I am then asked to "Select Installation
Medium." Given a choice of floppies, cdrom, HD, and mounted, I choose
cdrom. At this point, I am prompted to "Choose the type of your CD
interface."
4) In response to this query, I am given a list of options (/dev/hdx,
where x is a-h.) Not a single one of these work, each of them giving the
response "The CD-ROM was not mounted successfully." I'm then returned to
the "install operating system kernel and modules" option. Getting this
over and over and over again... just isn't fun.
So? Does anyone here have a solution? A couple of observations:
*the kernel reporting screen says "hde: UJDB110, ATAPI CDROM drive," so
it is being recognized properly. Despite this, choosing hde in step 4
does me no good- same error.
*the same screen says "ide2 at 0x180-0x187,0x386 on irq 15" so I can only
assume that the lilo command was passed properly. If the command is not
passed, neither the "hde" message nor the ide2 message appear.
*There is no /dev/hde- would creating one help? If so, how can I create
one during the install process? Trying to use mknod segfaults, and
copying some other /dev entry doesn't seem to cut it either.
Thoroughly frustrated-
Luis Villa
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